Saturday At The Food Pantry, written by Diane O'Neill and illustrated by Brizida Magro
Publisher's Description: " Molly and her mom don’t always have enough food, so one Saturday they visit their local food pantry. Molly’s happy to get food to eat until she sees her classmate Caitlin, who’s embarrassed to be at the food pantry. Can Molly help Caitlin realize that everyone needs help sometimes?" Text Features: Informational picture book. Additional back matter about the topic of food insecurity. Critical Literacy Suggestions: Read & Discuss: BEFORE reading: discuss what students might know already about food pantries (what are they? where are they? who goes to them? why do people go to food pantries?) DURING reading: ask students to listen out for reasons why people go to the food pantry and how they feel about it. AFTER reading: Discuss with students what feelings they noticed different characters having and why they think they were experiencing those feelings. For example: What did Caitlin feel when she saw Molly? W...